Washing-machine



(No Model.)

O. ANDER S O N. WASHING MACHINE.

No. 463,850. Patented N'ov. 24, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLLOF ANDERSON, OF DEFIANCE, OHIO.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,850, dated November 24, 1891. Application filed June 5, 1891- Scrial No. 895,179. (No model.)

To (0Z5 whom it may concern: Be it .known that I, OLLOF ANDERSON, citizen of the United States, residing at Defiance, in the county of Defiance and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ash-Boards, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This improvement relates more particularly to that class of washrboards which are provided with rubbing devices; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described and then definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan of the wash-board with the guard turned down and part broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same with the guard raised. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section through the line a; m in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan of the acting face of the rubber detached.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A represents the sides, connected by cross-bars 1, 2, 3, and at. Between 1 and 2 are set the zinc B and its backingO,

which are secured to the sides in any con"- venient manner, but preferably by setting the edges of the zinc and backing in suitable grooves. Attached to the lower side of the bars 3 and 4 is a thin board D, makinga box E, in which may be set soap, duo. 7

Attached to the sides A are ribs F, through which pass pins G, which act as pivots for a guard H, which normally occupies the posi tion shown in Fig. 2. This guard has a notch h cut out of its bottom to receive a spring I, one of whose ends is attached to the guard by staple and the other passes down through the bar 4., and the whole is so arranged as to have a tendency to keep the guard in a sub-- stantially vertical position, as shown in Fi 2.

Resting on the sides A, between thevribs F, is the rubber J, comprising the side pieces K, having anti-friction rollers 70, which bear against the ribs F, a cross-piece L, covered with corrugated zinc or other suitable rubbing-surface, and a handle M. As a means of securing the zinc in place I may use the strips Z,- but these are not absolutely necessary, as the zinc may be nailed directly to the crosspiece without the strips. To prevent wear and lessen friction I prefer to face the side pieces of the rubber with zinc 70.

By the above construction I have produced a very convenient washing apparatus, which can be made very cheaply, will cleanse the clothes rapidly with but little labor, will be very durable, and therefore not likely to get out of order.

What I claim as new is 1. The combination, with a wash-board having sides A andribs F, secured to said sides, of the rubber J, having side pieces K, sliding on said sides A, and provided with anti-friction rollers k, sliding against and between the ribs F, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a wash-board having sides A and ribs secured to said sides, of

the rubber J, havingits side pieces K sheathed OLLOF ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

R. H. GLEASON, J. I. HALE}. 

